week of diplomacy. the ukrainian president expected to arrive at the g 7 summit soon and made a push to secure more military aid for his country s fight against russia. and biden in japan says he s not worried as he con fronts a crisis at home. debt ceiling talks stalling out even as the talks settle down with less than two weeks before the government could run out of money to pay its bills. plus, my conversation with the european president as day two of the g 7 summit gets underway. announcer: live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom. welcome. world leaders at the g 7 summit in japan are tackling china s growing global influence and russia s war on ukraine. while a topic not officially on the agenda also looms large. allies keep asking u.s. president joe biden about the debt crisis back home. talks are stalled, and the white house accuses republicans of pushing the country to the brink of defaulting on it debts. meantime, as ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy is
one. airlines facing a stress test this memorial day weekend. aaa expects air travel to be busier than it s been in nearly 20 years. also, the washington post with quite an exclusive report this morning. workers at mar-a-lago moved boxes a day before the fbi came to pick up classified documents last year. how that etcvidence could determine obstruction. and one of the most powerful republicans in texas is facing possible impeachment by fellow republicans. the gop led committee of state lawmakers wants the attorney general removed. big basketball headline this morning. the boston celtics staying alive with a dominant game five win against the heat in the eastern conference finals, and the lsu women s basketball champs heading to the white house today. this hour of cpr thi cnn this m starts right now. but we begin with your, hopefully, long holiday weekend. memorial day travel. airports are going to be very busy, the busiest in two decades as america bounces back from
who is this guy? well, he is 40 years old. his name is matt muffley. he was flying, anderson, from the airport in northeastern pennsylvania on a flight to orlando, according to the f.b.i. he checked the bag, and in the routine screening that was happening by the tsa, they found explosives in this checked bag. according to the f.b.i., this is what they found. they found powder that was in a plastic wrap. they found fuses. the powder appears to be from commercial-grade fireworks, and so the question is, you know, what was he doing with this? the airport tried to page him while he was still at the airport. he left. and he was later arrested later that evening on monday. by the f.b.i. now, the court documents that were released today by the u.s. attorney in philadelphia don t mention any indication of extremism or his ties to terrorist groups or anything like that. this is something obviously the f.b.i. was focused on over the last couple of days. nothing like that appears t
Today, President Biden is set to leave washington on a highstakes trip to israel as this war with hamas intensifies and the humanitarian crisis in gaza escalates. President under growing pressure to get critical aid to millions of civilians in gaza and also supporting israel and trying to save american hostages held captive by the hamas terror group. Hes coming here at a critical moment for israel, for the region, and for the world. The president will hear from israel how it will conduct its operations in way that minimizing civilian casualties and allows humanitarian to flow to citizens in gaza. Its critical that aid begin flowing into gaza as soon as possible. The Israeli Military says bidens visit will not delay its planning for that potential Ground Operation into the gaza strip. Final humanitarian aid has been piling up at the Border Crossing in egypt which remains closed. The World Health Organization is now warning that water is running out for Hundreds Of Thousands of displaced
right-wing revolt against romney? the politico reporter who lost his job after making racially charged comments on more than. we ll talk to joe williams about what happened. plus, we all thought we knew the story of barack obama s early years. but thanks to four years of relentless reporting, david mariness has cost it in a whole new light. what obsessed me were two things to start with the world that made him. sort of the randomness of his existence, and the ability to write about the whole world through that story. and then how he remade himself. a conversation about his book on the president. i m hurd kurt i m howard kurt and this is reliable sources. i am starting to get the distinct impression that rules package isn that rupert murdo isn t a huge fan of mitt romney. mitt romney last week, tough o chicago pros will be hard to beat unless he drops old friends and hires real pros, doubtful. i m sure it was a coincidence, but days later, the wall street jo